My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier is not a book you should pick up if you like fairytales and happy endings. The same goes for Madeline Miller’s Circe, the retelling of the life of the Greek sorceress, the daughter of the sun.
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My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier is not a book you should pick up if you like fairytales and happy endings. The same goes for Madeline Miller’s Circe, the retelling of the life of the Greek sorceress, the daughter of the sun.
Let's explore where books live: aka the library. Here are some cool ones I've encountered and others from that I've admired on Pinterest #WorldBookDay.
My all-time favourite book to revisit is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. I read it because it was on a list of mandatory reading at school in Grade 10 and I chose it at random. The first line is so simple and captivating, and every time I read it I have a new appreciation for the way Du Maurier can create atmosphere out of diction, and describe the haunting Manderley estate in dreamy detail.